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Do you do affirmations as you are falling asleep for the first time, or when you wake during the night and do WBTB?[/b]
I do them when I am falling asleep for the first time.

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Also, do you say all of those things to yourself at one time? Or do you pick one line and stick with it for a while? It seem like an awful lot to go thru...
Yes it is quite a bit to go through, but the list I posted is a typical list of what I personally will go through when I want to do it. It is really not that big of a list to remember, and I recommend coming up with your own list that you can remember based on 3 basic thoughts:

1. affirmation of attaining lucidity
2. affirmation of things to remember or do in the dream(s)
3. affirmation of remembering the dream(s) in the morning (there is little need to wake up n times throughout the night, which only serves to be a detriment to your mind the next day because it did not get enough consistent rest).

And if you are very good at dream recall, then perhaps number 3 could be dropped off. But as you can see, all of the affirmations posted (mine and even pcmsurf's) fit into one of these 3 basic thoughts.

Again I recommend coming up with your own list if you want to try this technique and see what works for you. Try to make the affirmations as specific as possible, while keeping them simple and easy to remember (it is my understanding that the unconscious mind thinks on a subjective level. Because of this, it is said if you ask it questions while still conscious, it is best to ask yes/no type of questions. So along these lines I think it is best to use straightforward, objective affirmations; that way you narrow the field of how the unconscious subjective mind might receive them).

And just to re-emphasis what pcmsurf said, use "will" or perhaps something else, but be sure it is a strong positive objective verb of volition. (IMO, verbs like "might", "like to", "should", etc probably won't work because they are not strong enough, not positive enough, and not objective enough)

And I have personally found that using the pronoun "I" works better than using "you". For example "I will become lucid" works for me, while "You will become lucid" does not. Again I think it may stem from the ambiguity in "you" that the subconscious could interpret in so many ways, whereas, "I" is fairly objective, assuming we don't bring alot of philosophy into the mix.